The HTML style attribute is used to add styles to an element, such as color, font, size, and more.
<html>
<body>
<p>I am normal</p>
<p style=”color:red;”>I am red</p>
<p style=”color:blue;”>I am blue </p>
<p style=”font-size:50px;”>I am big</p>
</body>
</html>
Result:
I am normal
I am red
I am blue
I am big
The HTML Style Attribute
Setting the style of an HTML element, can be done with the style attribute.
The HTML style attribute has the following syntax:
<tagname style=”property:value;“>
The property is a CSS property. The value is a CSS value.
Background Color
The CSS background-color property defines the background color for an HTML element.
Example
Set the background color for a page to powderblue:
<html>
<body style=”background-color:powderblue;”>
<h1>This is a heading</h1>
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>
</body>
</html>
Result:
Example
Set background color for two different elements:
<html>
<body>
<h1 style=”background-color:powderblue;”> This is a heading</h1>
<p style=”background-color:tomato;”>This is a paragraph.</p>
</body>
</html>
Text Color
The CSS color property defines the text color for an HTML element:
Example
<html>
<body>
<h1> style=”color:blue;”>This is a heading</h1>
<p>style=”color:red;”>This is a paragraph.</p>
</body>
</html>
Result:
This is a heading
This is a paragraph.
Fonts
The CSS font-family property defines the font to be used for an HTML element:
Example
<html>
<body>
<h1 style=”font-family:verdana;”>This is a heading</h1>
<p style=”font-family:courier;”>This is a paragraph.</p>
</body>
</html>
Result:
Text Size
The CSS font-size property defines the text size for an HTML element:
Example
<html>
<body>
<h1 style=”font-size:300%;”>This is a heading</h1>
<p style=”font-size:160%;”>This is a paragraph.</p>
</body>
</html>
Result:
This is a heading
This is a paragraph.
Text Alignment
The CSS text-align property defines the horizontal text alignment for an HTML TAG.
<html>
<body>
<h3 style=”text-align:center;”>Centered Heading</h3>
<p style=”text-align:center;”>Centered Heading</p>
</body>
</html>
Result:
Centered Heading
Centered paragraph.